Now you can stay home and order in. Journalist Derek Thompson says this turn toward isolation can't entirely be blamed on ...

For The Atlantic’s February cover story, staff writer Derek Thompson explores “The Anti-Social Century”: why Americans are spending more time alone than ever, and how that’s changing our ...

"Smartphones make our alone time feel more crowded than it used to be," says journalist Derek Thompson. His article in The Atlantic is called "The... It's the Friday evening of a long work week.

Now you can stay home and order in. Journalist Derek Thompson says this turn toward isolation can't entirely be blamed on COVID-19. "We are now in the midst of an anti-social century," he says.